The title and role of "Messiah" ascribed to Jesus in the Gospels has long been regarded as a late add on, a fabricated claim or an insignificant feature. Michael Bird, however, argues that the Gospels' messianic claims are the most significant feature of their portrayal of Jesus. Bird describes how each Evangelist portrays Jesus as the Messiah of Israel, what they think is at stake in that claim, and how the claim that "Jesus is the Messiah" drives the purpose and shape of the Gospels. Emphasizing that Christianity was a messianic movement rooted in its Jewish context, Bird points toward the profound theological implication of Jesus' identity: that Jesus' messiahship is the "mother of all Christology."--Publisher.
- ISBN10 0830828230
- ISBN13 9780830828234
- Publish Date 27 February 2013
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 March 2021
- Publish Country US
- Publisher InterVarsity Press
- Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,US
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 219
- Language English